Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A money of account formerly used in France and originally worth a pound of silver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old French coin and money of account, now superseded by the franc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A unit of
currency formerly used in France, divided into 20sols orsous .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Listen to my son, Max, pronounce the French word livre d'or and the following example sentence:
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Listen to my son, Max, pronounce the French word livre d'or and the following example sentence:
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Listen to my son, Max, pronounce the French word livre d'or and the following example sentence:
French Word-A-Day 2009
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Radisson's figures are given as "pounds"; but by "_L_" did he mean English "pound" or French livre, that is 17 cents?
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J'hésite à parler de livre électronique, car le mot "livre" désigne aussi bien le contenu éditorial (quand on dit qu'untel a écrit un livre) que l'objet en papier, génial, qui permet sa diffusion.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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Speakers of English read this as “pound,” but the same abbreviation of the Latin lībra, meaning “pound,” is read in French as livre and in German as Pfund.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Speakers of English read this as “pound,” but the same abbreviation of the Latin lībra, meaning “pound,” is read in French as livre and in German as Pfund.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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When Micheline and Didi go to the market they buy a dozen eggs, butter, cheese, a bag of flour, a loaf of bread, half a dozen bananas and «une livre de cerises. »
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Derrubado por uma sequência de processos na justiça que dão dores de cabeça incuráveis a cidadãos no exercício do seu direito à livre expressão.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Lawsuits force popular political blog to close down 2009
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O tempo livre antes dedicado ao jornalismo passou a ser dedicado a defender-se da litigância de má-fé.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Lawsuits force popular political blog to close down 2009
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